+typedef int (*rte_mempool_enqueue_t)(struct rte_mempool *mp,
+ void * const *obj_table, unsigned int n);
+
+/**
+ * Dequeue an object from the external pool.
+ */
+typedef int (*rte_mempool_dequeue_t)(struct rte_mempool *mp,
+ void **obj_table, unsigned int n);
+
+/**
+ * Return the number of available objects in the external pool.
+ */
+typedef unsigned (*rte_mempool_get_count)(const struct rte_mempool *mp);
+
+/**
+ * Notify new memory area to mempool.
+ */
+typedef int (*rte_mempool_ops_register_memory_area_t)
+(const struct rte_mempool *mp, char *vaddr, rte_iova_t iova, size_t len);
+
+/**
+ * Calculate memory size required to store given number of objects.
+ *
+ * If mempool objects are not required to be IOVA-contiguous
+ * (the flag MEMPOOL_F_NO_IOVA_CONTIG is set), min_chunk_size defines
+ * virtually contiguous chunk size. Otherwise, if mempool objects must
+ * be IOVA-contiguous (the flag MEMPOOL_F_NO_IOVA_CONTIG is clear),
+ * min_chunk_size defines IOVA-contiguous chunk size.
+ *
+ * @param[in] mp
+ * Pointer to the memory pool.
+ * @param[in] obj_num
+ * Number of objects.
+ * @param[in] pg_shift
+ * LOG2 of the physical pages size. If set to 0, ignore page boundaries.
+ * @param[out] min_chunk_size
+ * Location for minimum size of the memory chunk which may be used to
+ * store memory pool objects.
+ * @param[out] align
+ * Location for required memory chunk alignment.
+ * @return
+ * Required memory size aligned at page boundary.
+ */
+typedef ssize_t (*rte_mempool_calc_mem_size_t)(const struct rte_mempool *mp,
+ uint32_t obj_num, uint32_t pg_shift,
+ size_t *min_chunk_size, size_t *align);
+
+/**
+ * Default way to calculate memory size required to store given number of
+ * objects.
+ *
+ * If page boundaries may be ignored, it is just a product of total
+ * object size including header and trailer and number of objects.
+ * Otherwise, it is a number of pages required to store given number of
+ * objects without crossing page boundary.
+ *
+ * Note that if object size is bigger than page size, then it assumes
+ * that pages are grouped in subsets of physically continuous pages big
+ * enough to store at least one object.
+ *
+ * Minimum size of memory chunk is a maximum of the page size and total
+ * element size.
+ *
+ * Required memory chunk alignment is a maximum of page size and cache
+ * line size.
+ */
+ssize_t rte_mempool_op_calc_mem_size_default(const struct rte_mempool *mp,
+ uint32_t obj_num, uint32_t pg_shift,
+ size_t *min_chunk_size, size_t *align);
+
+/**
+ * Function to be called for each populated object.
+ *
+ * @param[in] mp
+ * A pointer to the mempool structure.
+ * @param[in] opaque
+ * An opaque pointer passed to iterator.
+ * @param[in] vaddr
+ * Object virtual address.
+ * @param[in] iova
+ * Input/output virtual address of the object or RTE_BAD_IOVA.
+ */
+typedef void (rte_mempool_populate_obj_cb_t)(struct rte_mempool *mp,
+ void *opaque, void *vaddr, rte_iova_t iova);
+
+/**
+ * Populate memory pool objects using provided memory chunk.
+ *
+ * Populated objects should be enqueued to the pool, e.g. using
+ * rte_mempool_ops_enqueue_bulk().
+ *
+ * If the given IO address is unknown (iova = RTE_BAD_IOVA),
+ * the chunk doesn't need to be physically contiguous (only virtually),
+ * and allocated objects may span two pages.
+ *
+ * @param[in] mp
+ * A pointer to the mempool structure.
+ * @param[in] max_objs
+ * Maximum number of objects to be populated.
+ * @param[in] vaddr
+ * The virtual address of memory that should be used to store objects.
+ * @param[in] iova
+ * The IO address
+ * @param[in] len
+ * The length of memory in bytes.
+ * @param[in] obj_cb
+ * Callback function to be executed for each populated object.
+ * @param[in] obj_cb_arg
+ * An opaque pointer passed to the callback function.
+ * @return
+ * The number of objects added on success.
+ * On error, no objects are populated and a negative errno is returned.
+ */
+typedef int (*rte_mempool_populate_t)(struct rte_mempool *mp,
+ unsigned int max_objs,
+ void *vaddr, rte_iova_t iova, size_t len,
+ rte_mempool_populate_obj_cb_t *obj_cb, void *obj_cb_arg);
+
+/**
+ * Default way to populate memory pool object using provided memory
+ * chunk: just slice objects one by one.
+ */
+int rte_mempool_op_populate_default(struct rte_mempool *mp,
+ unsigned int max_objs,
+ void *vaddr, rte_iova_t iova, size_t len,
+ rte_mempool_populate_obj_cb_t *obj_cb, void *obj_cb_arg);
+
+/** Structure defining mempool operations structure */
+struct rte_mempool_ops {
+ char name[RTE_MEMPOOL_OPS_NAMESIZE]; /**< Name of mempool ops struct. */
+ rte_mempool_alloc_t alloc; /**< Allocate private data. */
+ rte_mempool_free_t free; /**< Free the external pool. */
+ rte_mempool_enqueue_t enqueue; /**< Enqueue an object. */
+ rte_mempool_dequeue_t dequeue; /**< Dequeue an object. */
+ rte_mempool_get_count get_count; /**< Get qty of available objs. */
+ /**
+ * Notify new memory area to mempool
+ */
+ rte_mempool_ops_register_memory_area_t register_memory_area;
+ /**
+ * Optional callback to calculate memory size required to
+ * store specified number of objects.
+ */
+ rte_mempool_calc_mem_size_t calc_mem_size;
+ /**
+ * Optional callback to populate mempool objects using
+ * provided memory chunk.
+ */
+ rte_mempool_populate_t populate;
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+#define RTE_MEMPOOL_MAX_OPS_IDX 16 /**< Max registered ops structs */
+
+/**
+ * Structure storing the table of registered ops structs, each of which contain
+ * the function pointers for the mempool ops functions.
+ * Each process has its own storage for this ops struct array so that
+ * the mempools can be shared across primary and secondary processes.
+ * The indices used to access the array are valid across processes, whereas
+ * any function pointers stored directly in the mempool struct would not be.
+ * This results in us simply having "ops_index" in the mempool struct.
+ */
+struct rte_mempool_ops_table {
+ rte_spinlock_t sl; /**< Spinlock for add/delete. */
+ uint32_t num_ops; /**< Number of used ops structs in the table. */
+ /**
+ * Storage for all possible ops structs.
+ */
+ struct rte_mempool_ops ops[RTE_MEMPOOL_MAX_OPS_IDX];
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+/** Array of registered ops structs. */
+extern struct rte_mempool_ops_table rte_mempool_ops_table;
+
+/**
+ * @internal Get the mempool ops struct from its index.
+ *
+ * @param ops_index
+ * The index of the ops struct in the ops struct table. It must be a valid
+ * index: (0 <= idx < num_ops).
+ * @return
+ * The pointer to the ops struct in the table.
+ */
+static inline struct rte_mempool_ops *
+rte_mempool_get_ops(int ops_index)
+{
+ RTE_VERIFY((ops_index >= 0) && (ops_index < RTE_MEMPOOL_MAX_OPS_IDX));
+
+ return &rte_mempool_ops_table.ops[ops_index];
+}
+
+/**
+ * @internal Wrapper for mempool_ops alloc callback.
+ *
+ * @param mp
+ * Pointer to the memory pool.
+ * @return
+ * - 0: Success; successfully allocated mempool pool_data.
+ * - <0: Error; code of alloc function.
+ */
+int
+rte_mempool_ops_alloc(struct rte_mempool *mp);
+
+/**
+ * @internal Wrapper for mempool_ops dequeue callback.
+ *
+ * @param mp
+ * Pointer to the memory pool.
+ * @param obj_table
+ * Pointer to a table of void * pointers (objects).
+ * @param n
+ * Number of objects to get.
+ * @return
+ * - 0: Success; got n objects.
+ * - <0: Error; code of dequeue function.
+ */
+static inline int
+rte_mempool_ops_dequeue_bulk(struct rte_mempool *mp,
+ void **obj_table, unsigned n)
+{
+ struct rte_mempool_ops *ops;
+
+ ops = rte_mempool_get_ops(mp->ops_index);
+ return ops->dequeue(mp, obj_table, n);
+}